Bug 515392 - plasma-login-greeter errors out shortly after startup with HELPER_AUTH_ERROR
Summary: plasma-login-greeter errors out shortly after startup with HELPER_AUTH_ERROR
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: plasma-login-manager
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords:
: 515393 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-02-01 15:22 UTC by Szczepan Hołyszewski
Modified: 2026-02-01 16:27 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Szczepan Hołyszewski 2026-02-01 15:22:09 UTC 
Created attachment 189140 [details]
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Disable SDDM, enable plasmalogin
2. Reboot

OBSERVED RESULT

Greeter appears on screen but doesn't respond to input, and exits after a few seconds.

EXPECTED RESULT

Greeter should work.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.91
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.18.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7B24
System Version: 2.0
Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2026-02-01 16:27:51 UTC 
*** Bug 515393 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***